More than 200 alumni, friends and family enjoyed the annual Golden Scots Celebration in early June. Day trips, seminars, ceremonies, receptions and plenty of good food kept the participants energized over the course of four memorable days.
Right: Biology professor Tim Tibbetts leads a tour of the LeSuer Nature Preserve.
Left: Alumni disembark following a four-hour luncheon cruise on a Mississippi River paddleboat.
Left: Anne Quinby Dyni ’56, left, and Sally Smith Larson ’56 check out the latest farm machinery during a visit to John Deere Commons in Moline, Ill.
Exploring Golden Scots board a bus for a nostalgic tour of Maple City landmarks, conducted by Monmouth “townie” Ralph Whiteman ’52.
Learning John Deere biographer Neil Dahlstrom ’98 gives a talk about the famed plow inventor aboard the riverboat Celebration Belle.
Chef Kim Fornero shares his barbecuing secrets in Grilling 101.
Head librarian Rick Sayre explains how technology is changing the face of library science.
Dee Ann Shuff ’63 speaks about the road which led her to “faraway lands,” and eventually back to Monmouth, at the McMichael Heritage Society breakfast.
Senior Scots shine